§ MR. SHEEHY (Meath, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Major Woods, Longwood, county Meath, has lodged purchase agreements between himself and his tenants with the Estates Commissioners, and that one tenant, Lawrence Hope, is being excluded from the sale; and whether the Commissioners will satisfy themselves, through their inspector, as to the grounds, and their validity, on which Major Woods refuses to sell to this one tenant.
MR. BRYCEThe Estates Commissioners inform me that the name of Lawrence Hope appears as a judicial tenant in the schedule of tenancies lodged in respect of the sale of Major Woods' estate, but that no agreement for purchase by Hope has yet been lodged. The circumstances under which Hope has not signed an agreement for the purchase of his holding will be fully inquired into when the other holdings on the estate are being inspected.